Home » Geopolitics (Page 90)
Category Archives: Geopolitics
The Art of Survival, Taoism and the Warring States
The Art of Survival, Taoism and the Warring States Longtime correspondent Paul B. suggested I re-publish three essays that have renewed relevance. This is the first essay, from June 2008. Thank you, Paul, for the suggestion. I’m not trying to be difficult, but I can’t help cutting against the grain on topics like surviving the […]
China Warns Of Possible Armed Conflict With US Over Coronavirus Backlash
China Warns Of Possible Armed Conflict With US Over Coronavirus Backlash An internal report presented to Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders concludes that global anti-China sentiment is at a level not seen since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, and recommends preparing for a worst-case scenario of armed conflict with the United States, according […]
Trump Could Use ‘Nuclear Option’ To Make Saudi Arabia Pay For Oil War
Trump Could Use ‘Nuclear Option’ To Make Saudi Arabia Pay For Oil War President Donald Trump is considering all options available to him to make the Saudis pay for the oil price war as the crash that followed has done significant damage to the U.S. oil industry With last month having seen the indignity of […]
Chinagate is the New Russiagate
Chinagate is the New Russiagate I’ve become convinced the next major event that’ll be used to further centralize power and escalate domestic authoritarianism will center around U.S.-China tensions. We haven’t witnessed this “event” yet, but there’s a good chance it’ll occur within the next year or two. Currently, the front runner appears to be a […]
Chinese Warns US To Halt Military Operations In South China Sea
Chinese Warns US To Halt Military Operations In South China Sea The Chinese military is closely monitoring a US Navy guided-missile destroyer transiting the South China Sea on Tuesday (April 28). Global Times✔@globaltimesnews When US destroyer Barry trespassed into China’s territorial waters off the Xisha Islands on Tue, the PLA Southern Theater Command coordinated with […]
Daily on Energy: Texas debates mandating oil production cuts
Daily on Energy: Texas debates mandating oil production cuts TEXAS DEBATES PRODUCTION CUTS: Texas can lead in producing a “real” U.S. oil production cut to save the shale industry, Scott Sheffield, CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, argued Tuesday in calling for the state to take action to force companies to hold back their production for the first […]
Will Quiet Middle East Last? Or Is It Lull Before Next Storm?
Will Quiet Middle East Last? Or Is It Lull Before Next Storm? Across the Middle East, the coronavirus is stirring up both upheavals and more subtle changes from Tel Aviv to Riyadh, little reported and when covered little understood in the Western media. In Israel, the virus has enabled that master political magician Prime Minister […]
Meanwhile, WW3 May Be Brewing While We’re Distracted
Meanwhile, WW3 May Be Brewing While We’re Distracted Those who are paying close attention to the pandemic may have missed that another potential killer is brewing across the ocean. In Syria today, there is the real and looming threat of a third world war. Not only is Syria fighting Western-backed terrorists on its territory, there […]
The Saudi-Russian oil price war tag team: Are things what they seem?
The Saudi-Russian oil price war tag team: Are things what they seem? To the casual observer Saudi Arabia and Russia, two of the top three producers of oil in the world, have been having a spat about what to do about low oil prices. (See here and here.) Each has accused the other of bad faith and counterproductive […]
Is It Time for a New Direction?
Is It Time for a New Direction? If Americans are not doing some serious soul-searching in the midst of this crisis, they need to start. Where America goes from here is not some sort of esoteric debate. What we do at this point has life or death consequences. Get it wrong, and suffer more death, […]
“The Coming War On China” – Watch John Pilger’s Powerfully Relevant Documentary
“The Coming War On China” – Watch John Pilger’s Powerfully Relevant Documentary “The aim of this film is to break a silence: the United States and China may well be on the road to war, and nuclear war is no longer unthinkable,” Pilger says in his 2016 documentary The Coming War on China, which you can watch […]
Top Pentagon Generals Warn Enemies Not to Attack
Top Pentagon Generals Warn Enemies Not to Attack Instead of focusing on peace-making, military tries to hype readiness With a growing number of reports showing the Pentagon absolutely getting pounded by coronavirus, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley issued a statement warning that US readiness remains intact, and that no nation should test the […]
Slash Oil Output Or Else! Senate Bill Would Remove US Troops From Saudi Arabia In 30 Days
Slash Oil Output Or Else! Senate Bill Would Remove US Troops From Saudi Arabia In 30 Days A new bill has been introduced in the Senate which if passed would punish Saudi Arabia over failure to cut oil production by removing all US troops from the kingdom within 30 days. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced it […]
The OPEC Meeting Could Send Oil Prices Crashing Below $10
The OPEC Meeting Could Send Oil Prices Crashing Below $10 The current optimism of analysts and the media that an end to the ongoing OPEC+ oil price spat is near is entirely unjustified. The ongoing oil market volatility, the battle between leading producers for market share, the logistical impossibility of enforcing U.S. production cuts, and […]
Crude Crashes Over 10% After OPEC+ Meeting Delays
Crude Crashes Over 10% After OPEC+ Meeting Delays Crude prices are plunging early in Asian trading with Brent down 12% following a delay to the much-hoped-for OPEC+ meeting (due tomorrow, Monday, but now pushed off until Thursday). As Ransquawk details, an OPEC+ call that was scheduled for Monday has been delayed until Thursday, amid an intensifying dispute between […]
